New material of Mongolemys elegans Khosatzky and Mlynarski, 1971 (Testudines: Lindholmemydidae), from the late Cretaceous of Mongolia with comments on bone histology and phylogeny

Mongolemys elegans Khosatzky and Mlynarski, 1971, is a freshwater lindholmemydid turtle that is very abundant in Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) pond deposits from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Here, we present new data on the morphology, bone histology, and phylogenetic position of M. elegans based...

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Autores Principales: Cadena, Edwin A., Ksepka, Daniel T., Norell, Mark A.
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: American Museum of Natural History 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26641
https://doi.org/10.1206/3766.2